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Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. He is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. Balzac's first project was a libretto for a comic opera called "Le Corsaire", based on Lord Byron's "The Corsair". In 1820 he completed the five-act verse tragedy Cromwell. After writing several novels, in 1832 Balzac conceived the idea for an enormous series of books that would paint a panoramic portrait of "all aspects of society". "Illusions perdues/Lost Illusions" is a serial novel written between 1837 and 1843.
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- Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973) Writer
- Cousin Bette (1998) Novel
- Lost Illusions (2021) Novel
- La Belle Noiseuse (1991) Novel
- Cousin Bette (1971) Novel
- Twisted Mistress (1942) Story
- Illusions perdues (1966) Novel
- Sesternica Beta (1978) Novel
- Vautrin (1957) Writer
- Colonel Chabert (1994) Novel
- Eugénie Grandet (1994) Novel
- Lost Illusions (1983) Novel
- The Magic Skin (1975) Novel
- The Skin of Sorrow (2010) Novel
- Ferragus (1923) Writer
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Selected TV credits: Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (1973), Cousin Bette (1971), Illusions perdues (1966), Sesternica Beta (1978), Vautrin (1957).
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